Planet of the Apes (1968) Movie Ending... Explained

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  • Movie endings, they're usually pretty straight forward right? Everything pays off, the main characters learn something, and our heroes ride off into the sunset. Sometimes though, we don't get the typical ending from a movie, we get something much more nuanced, complex and open ended. The kind of endings that leave things up in the air for all of us to debate and theorize on until we're blue in the face. With Movie Endings Explained, we aim to delve into some of the more ambiguous and mysterious endings to films that have left audiences scratching their heads for years, and to attempt to explain them. In most cases, a definitive answer isn't really there, so we definitely want to hear from YOU on how you interpret the various endings we'll be discussing with this series.
    PLANET OF THE APES, the original 1968 sci-fi classic, boasts one of the most famous and iconic twist endings in movie history. Even if you haven't seen the film it's very likely you've absorbed it's shocking finale by osmosis. While there isn't exactly a whole lot to "explain" about the film's ending, as Charlton Heston gnaws at the luscious beach scenery and slams his fists into the sand, the most interesting aspect of the twist is how it ever worked at all. So let's look at why the reveal is actually signposted from the very beginning, how it compares to the twist ending of the original novel, and more!
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  • @Serai3
    @Serai3 4 роки тому +1250

    Taylor's horror and pain at the ending are so terrible because he is a cynic, and like almost all cynics, he's really hopeful at heart. It's there in his speech at the beginning - he believes humans have continued on and become better. He doesn't hate his species, he just hates what we do and how awful we can be. So when he finds out we failed, it breaks his heart utterly.

    • @stevecosmolove1045
      @stevecosmolove1045 4 роки тому +23

      chris daffron you responded to a great comment with a crappy one, and didn't even bother to explain yourself

    • @kimothy1701
      @kimothy1701 4 роки тому +18

      Serai3 well said hence his closing cry of “damn them all, damn them all to hell”. Actually said this again in Tim Burton’s reimagining with Mark Walburg this time as an elderly ape. Uncredited role but his voice, unmistakable

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 4 роки тому +6

      +THEBUTTPART Hey, you're supposed to stay AWAY from the brown acid. They made announcements, dude!

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 4 роки тому +3

      +chris daffron That says more about your attitude towards humanity than Taylor's.

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 4 роки тому +8

      +Kim Morley I try very hard not to remember the existence of that "remake".

  • @davidgreen5099
    @davidgreen5099 4 роки тому +664

    Rod Serling was the master of the twist ending.

    • @rafsandiego
      @rafsandiego 4 роки тому +35

      "It's a COOKBOOK!!!"

    • @jasona9
      @jasona9 4 роки тому +9

      @@rafsandiego , From To Serve Man featuring the late Richard Kiel. I always liked that one!

    • @jasona9
      @jasona9 4 роки тому +17

      "Picture if you will....." - Rod Sterling

    • @mtrich8113
      @mtrich8113 4 роки тому +23

      That's why the Twilight Zone was so good and ahead of its time.

    • @coolaunt516
      @coolaunt516 4 роки тому +13

      I remember seeing this at a drive in and being really depressed all the way home.

  • @stepbackandthink
    @stepbackandthink 4 роки тому +802

    You have completely overlooked that this film was released at the height of the Cold War when the target audience had a very genuine fear of imminent Mutually Assured Destruction. The ending would have had far more impact on that specific generation and is why Heston specifically says "blew it up".

    • @ChrisBakerauthor
      @ChrisBakerauthor 3 роки тому +42

      As 2020 proves, they will find other ways to destroy themselves. Homo sapiens love to follow and obey sociopaths, and that's why they end up fighting wars that kill millions.

    • @passedoutsober6322
      @passedoutsober6322 2 роки тому +27

      It was also made at the end of the civil rights movement, which reflected alot of racist inuendoes.

    • @nicholasleclerc1583
      @nicholasleclerc1583 2 роки тому +4

      “fear of imminent MAD-ness”
      Hehe, thought I’d add that

    • @andrewgonzalez6208
      @andrewgonzalez6208 2 роки тому +7

      “Only people your age wear beards”

    • @Jan96106
      @Jan96106 2 роки тому +19

      You can't look at a monolithic audience. I first saw the film when I was sixteen years old. By that time nuclear destruction was a platitude many young people had settled into, which we only half-believed if at all. We were blase about it. An example of that attitude (that I did not read until later) appears in a short story where a young girl uses the cold war as an excuse not to study in school: "Don't get me up with the rest in the morning." "But I thought you were having midterms." "Oh, those," she comes back in, kisses me, and says quite lightly, "in a couple of years when we'll all be atom -- dead they won't matter a bit." The government was at a more heightened pitch in the late 50's, when we had drills in school on what to do if Russia dropped bombs on the United States. Of course, crouching down in rows against the walls in inner hallways or hiding under our desks would not have protected us, so I now wonder what the true purpose of those drills were. To incite fear and frenzy? In 1962 there was the Cuban Missile crisis, but most kids my age did not realize the danger we narrowly averted. By 1959 we had seen On the Beach and by the mid-sixties movies like Failsafe and Dr. Strangelove. In 1968 Chad and Jeremy dropped a bomb and destroyed humanity in the album Of Cabbages and Kings. At that time China was considered the big threat. Charlton Heston also starred in a series of science fiction movies during the sixties where he played the cynical, disillusioned hero, something teenagers could easily identify with. Teenagers like dystopias. A favorite book with high school students was The Catcher in the Rye, with the main character, Holden Caufield, disgusted with the hypocrisy of the adult world. Another favorite, a genuine dystopia, was 1984, which I understand infinitely better now than I did as a teenager. But we were young. That meant that deep down we believed we had a future. Our nihilistic pose was just that: a pose.
      Those teenagers who first saw Planet of the Apes are now in their seventies with a full understanding of what happens with global warming, that democracies are very fragile and don't last forever, and an understanding how easily fascism spreads. When we were younger, we used to wonder how Nazi Germany could happen. We don't ask that question anymore. Given advanced age and given all that everyone has witnessed, we are now genuinely worried.
      I should also add that in the late sixties there were a glut of books popularizing the evolution of man and the discoveries that had been found earlier. (Lucy came a bit later in 1974.) A widely read book was called The Naked Ape, just one of dozens and dozens easily available to read (A Million Years of Man and African Genesis also come to mind), so this movie is just a twist on that theme and part of a larger trend. It is difficult to put a film in context and to explain the era it was created to those who haven't lived through it. There is so much that gets lost or forgotten or misunderstood.

  • @stephenwarhurst6615
    @stephenwarhurst6615 3 роки тому +148

    When think of the ending Dr. Zaius goes from being villain to someone who wants to stop the apes going down the same destructive path as the humans and to stop the humans from becoming a destructive race again

    • @JW-hn5nt
      @JW-hn5nt 2 роки тому

      no he's just a fearful religious zealot,

    • @gusgrizzel8397
      @gusgrizzel8397 2 роки тому +4

      The apes weren't technologically evolved. Zaius didn't want the apes to know that they were inferior to the humans.

    • @iamemjarrobinson8713
      @iamemjarrobinson8713 Рік тому +4

      @@gusgrizzel8397 Not inferior, just less advanced. They were at the relative infancy of their civilization but with salvaged instruments of the previous world. Just like the Medieval society of Europe didn't just spring into the renaissance, but started by picking up the salvaged pieces of Rome and rebuilding.

    • @gusgrizzel8397
      @gusgrizzel8397 Рік тому

      @@iamemjarrobinson8713 You weren't paying attention to the props and behaviors of the apes.

    • @iamemjarrobinson8713
      @iamemjarrobinson8713 Рік тому +5

      @@gusgrizzel8397 Enlighten me. The humans acted like animals and the apes were acting like humans, some civil, others arrogant but how were they inferior when they walked, talked and socialized like humans?

  • @newdefsys
    @newdefsys 4 роки тому +683

    I like how Dr. Zaius thoroughly rejects Taylor's story that he is from another planet. Zaius used very simple logic, (Taylor is human, therefore, he is from this planet). However the audience, in turn, rejects Dr. Ziaus' logic solely because he is the antagonist of the film, (the audience doesn't want Zaius to be right because they hate him). So, even though the plot twist is literally spelled out to the audience they still didn't get it. It's brilliant.

    • @kingincrimson
      @kingincrimson 4 роки тому +59

      dr. zaius is a wonderful character.

    • @newdefsys
      @newdefsys 4 роки тому +42

      @@kingincrimson Maurice Evans was a wonderful actor

    • @JoBloOriginals
      @JoBloOriginals  4 роки тому +52

      @@newdefsys Agreed! Fantastic performance, he really elevates the film.

    • @newdefsys
      @newdefsys 4 роки тому +18

      @Richard Johnson Yeah, Taylor had a change of heart about that though. And Dr. Zaius told him it would happen.

    • @slagit
      @slagit 4 роки тому +16

      @Screuu Guglew Yeah maybe deep inside Taylor started to accept maybe he was on earth or similar, yet part of him did not want to accept this horrifying possible truth.

  • @brahsumatra
    @brahsumatra 4 роки тому +204

    The Planet of the Apes ending is the greatest and most ionic.

    • @ProNorden
      @ProNorden 4 роки тому +5

      Brah, ... It's a metaphor for demographics, immigration, & suicidal Civilization decline. ✌

    • @swam2922
      @swam2922 3 роки тому +3

      2001 ending was good ass hell to

    • @Cambergain
      @Cambergain 2 роки тому +1

      Overrated

  • @donnaperry1654
    @donnaperry1654 4 роки тому +344

    Poor Nova doesn't know why Taylor was so upset looking up at that statue of liberty.

    • @ericunderwood1482
      @ericunderwood1482 4 роки тому +49

      She played that part well....

    • @Teebone211
      @Teebone211 4 роки тому +61

      Linda Harrison was so frikin hott in this....

    • @214warzone
      @214warzone 4 роки тому +33

      She's too hot, it's distracting. Like Monica Bellucci in Matrix 3.

    • @VanLat7
      @VanLat7 4 роки тому +17

      @@Teebone211
      She was one of the most beautiful women ever

    • @edwardt.6766
      @edwardt.6766 4 роки тому +12

      But why were those humans “dumb”? Where they just uneducated or their brain somehow became primitive?

  • @Andrew-yb1uv
    @Andrew-yb1uv 4 роки тому +77

    The ending terrified me when I was kid! Chills.

    • @292Nigel
      @292Nigel 4 роки тому +3

      It was a brilliant ending. Great film.

    • @kevinpittman2517
      @kevinpittman2517 3 роки тому +2

      same for me i was like 5 or 6 at the time.

    • @aliensoup2420
      @aliensoup2420 3 роки тому +5

      The shock reveal of the aged female astronaut, freaked me out more than anything. I was maybe 10 yrs. old and couldn't sleep that night.

  • @davidwise3426
    @davidwise3426 4 роки тому +41

    Classic, still holds up. The cinematography, story, acting, make-up, music, all great.

  • @hanniffydinn6019
    @hanniffydinn6019 4 роки тому +413

    This blew my mind when I saw it as a kid. They don’t make films with this kind of punch anymore. 🤯

    • @Andrew-yb1uv
      @Andrew-yb1uv 4 роки тому +14

      Yeah me too, it terrified me.

    • @jackson4861
      @jackson4861 4 роки тому +15

      Same, I was so young, maybe 5 or 6 , and when I saw the Statue of Liberty, it clicked and I realized it could really happen.....or so I thought. I didn’t sleep a wink that night! Still the most gripping film ending of all time.

    • @halloweenjack4482
      @halloweenjack4482 4 роки тому +6

      Same again. I remember my aunt taking me to see Beneath the Planet of the Apes too when I was about 8 and the scene where the humans take off their 'masks' completely terrified me. It was awesome.

    • @GJ67
      @GJ67 4 роки тому +3

      Hanniffy Dinn same here, I’ve watched this movie 10 times. I could watch it another 10. My most favourite film 2, is Star Wars.

    • @balemonte727
      @balemonte727 4 роки тому +3

      Can you imagine seeing Moses Ben Hur fighting off ape beasts and then this ending?? I was real small when I saw this, i got it all mixed up

  • @Dohsoda
    @Dohsoda 4 роки тому +146

    Still the best "Planet of the Apes" film. It's just a classic. I do really enjoy the modern reboot trilogy as well.

    • @sunsetman22
      @sunsetman22 3 роки тому +10

      @Daniel Rodriguez honestly I think this is one of the rare occasions where the reboot surpassed the original (and that's saying something). no disrespect to the classic though, it's just that the twist is too known already to have any impact anymore. I really wish I could erase my memory and see it for the first time. also it's quite obvious once you already know, since the movie gives a lot of hints. but the fact that it took a whole trilogy to surpass one film speaks of the sheer stature of the original in pop culture. Planet of the Apes is truly an institution.

    • @TheCrusader1000
      @TheCrusader1000 3 роки тому +1

      In the first remake. Chuck is a Ape and Nova is in the cart of human slaves. So both originals make an appearance. I think the remake is true to the novel.

    • @MrBryant240sx
      @MrBryant240sx Рік тому +1

      They really tried to ruin it with the Mark Wahlberg reboot. I also really enjoyed the newest trilogy.

    • @etarver13
      @etarver13 Рік тому +2

      The reboot series isn’t a reboot of the 1968 movie. It’s a reboot of Escape, Conquer, and Battle (original series movies 3-5).Which it makes the reboot inferior to the 1968 movie because the reboot is following or copying a linear, forgettable style that strays from what made the original a classic. This highlighted when those morons decided to create a Messiah-chimp (Ceasar) who brought together both man and ape in pure harmony. Fuck that. In the original movie, one of the main points is that if an intelligent, teamwork oriented, and dominant species exist they will abuse their power in every way. Hence, their behavior in general, which I find brilliant.

    • @zsan157
      @zsan157 Місяць тому +1

      @@etarver13Just because it has a different message doesn’t make it inferior. It’s not trying to be the same thing as the original and that’s ok

  • @Biggdoom344
    @Biggdoom344 3 роки тому +215

    One of the overlooked parts of the movie is how the ape society was structured similar to humans with a twist. The gorillas were lowest class and did the blue collar jobs. The chimpanzees were the white collar workers. The orangutans were the elites. The humans were the people discriminated against as the minorities of the planet.

    • @janefelix3821
      @janefelix3821 3 роки тому +14

      it was based on the societal changes going on in the late sixties. In the sequel, "Beneath the Planet of the Apes", there are scenes where the chimps (youth), stage anti-military protests against the establishment (orangutans) and military (gorillas).

    • @keptyeti
      @keptyeti 3 роки тому +3

      Orangutans and Gorillas were like Trumpists. The Orangutans are the cynical elites taking advantage of the uneducated brutes based on lies.

    • @janefelix3821
      @janefelix3821 3 роки тому +12

      @@keptyeti It was based on the society of 50 years ago so leave Trump out of it. The Orangutans were the establishment, i.e. government which was both Parties as the youth were just as anti-Democratic (Daley, Johnson) as they were anti-Republican (Nixon, Goldwater). The gorillas were the military which was controlled by both Parties as Johnson was a Democrat who was succeeded by a Republican, both received the ire of the youth movement.

    • @SimplyN2itive
      @SimplyN2itive 2 роки тому +4

      I did a report on this in college; You nailed it. This is not how the movie wants to be perceived by this comment section because it is a feeling they are unfamiliar with in real life

    • @gusgrizzel8397
      @gusgrizzel8397 2 роки тому +2

      It's implied that man forgot to talk.

  • @AchtungEnglander
    @AchtungEnglander 3 роки тому +19

    I saw it when I was 14. Did not know the ending. For the rest of the day I was in a state of shock. The no music credit roll is genius masterstroke

  • @fluff1353
    @fluff1353 4 роки тому +75

    Serling was a master at script-writing. He understood the times in which he lived. This film was released during one of the most tumultuous periods of contemporary history: Vietnam, the civil rights movement, escalation of the Cold War...all of these issues and more were reflected in places throughout this movie. Serling and others knew it wasn't Taylor who was the cynic...it was all of us at the time. And that's why it worked so well.

  • @evilsdemise1287
    @evilsdemise1287 4 роки тому +145

    I remember the first time I saw this movie I didn't get the ending right away, it took me a few seconds to realize what it meant then I was literally stunned in my seat, I sat there for minutes just processing it. This movie is one of the films that made me into a movieholic. It just doesn't get any better than this.

    • @flightofthebumblebee9529
      @flightofthebumblebee9529 2 роки тому +5

      The Simpsons actually spoiled this ending for me. Then Mad Men season 6 also spoils the ending for anyone who never seen it.

    • @ruthpullis9279
      @ruthpullis9279 Рік тому

      The one that really got me was Beneath the Planet of the Apes. The way this world is going nothing would surprise me if this planet of the apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes with the show you the future and we just didn't catch it in a different way of speaking though.

    • @Stonecutter334
      @Stonecutter334 7 місяців тому +1

      Two words. Rod Serling.

    • @StuartRyan-yi5ok
      @StuartRyan-yi5ok 6 місяців тому +1

      This is an example of great science fiction.

  • @orion5992
    @orion5992 Рік тому +5

    The GENIUS of Rod Serling ... a late 60's terror, renewed TODAY, in 2023!

  • @KEVMAN7987
    @KEVMAN7987 4 роки тому +185

    "Dear me. What are these things coming out of her nose?"
    "Spaceballs."
    "Oh, shit. There goes the planet."

  • @Sedonangel
    @Sedonangel 3 роки тому +19

    Serling was completely brilliant. Crashing waves at that unforgettable end, brought just the right amount of bleakness and coldness .... down to the bone.

    • @gusgrizzel8397
      @gusgrizzel8397 2 роки тому +1

      The endless waves....

    • @darkwitness2718
      @darkwitness2718 Рік тому +2

      Serling was brilliant but the crashing waves at the end with no music was a collaborative idea which the director and writers came up with together.

  • @colinharbinson8284
    @colinharbinson8284 3 роки тому +14

    I think people forget or overlook just what a bloody good actor Heston was, and a very fine Shakespearean actor as well.

    • @tanler7953
      @tanler7953 6 місяців тому +1

      I loved Heston and miss his acting terribly.

  • @jmadratz
    @jmadratz 10 місяців тому +32

    When I first saw this movie back in 1968 as an eleven year old, it shocked me at the ending, never before realizing it before then.

    • @KB-ke3fi
      @KB-ke3fi 6 місяців тому

      To me it made perfect sense. The spaceship time clock showed them being waaaay into the future, and also the dead scientist who obviously aged thousands of years when they crashed. They were in the future.

  • @marcmywords6970
    @marcmywords6970 4 роки тому +43

    I absolutely Love the fact that Rod Serling's ending was kept.
    Its perfect! its ties it all together
    and hits you hard the first time you see it.

    • @garyturner5739
      @garyturner5739 6 місяців тому +1

      Wonderful story telling right up to the last second of the film.

  • @tnetroP
    @tnetroP 4 роки тому +22

    I first saw this in the mid to late 1970's as a young boy. I thought it was a fantastic film and I was genuinely shocked at the ending. Even today it remains one of my faviourite films.

  • @thomaslong8401
    @thomaslong8401 Рік тому +24

    I saw planet of the apes in the theater when it was first released. Had no knowledge of the ending. And yes, it was incredible. And mind blowing.

  • @346UNCLEBOB
    @346UNCLEBOB 3 роки тому +7

    Didn't think I would like this video BUT I DID!
    I saw this film when it first came out and had forgotten how blown away I was by the ending.
    Good job, JoBio.
    Superb.

  • @JimHabash
    @JimHabash 4 роки тому +35

    In 1970 I saw it at the drive in with mom and dad in 1st grade. What an ending! Made my chest sink. To this day, I think it made me think about us humans and what we do, and can do to the planet. And Charlton Heston screaming you maniacs! And pushing his fist into the sand, and saying GD you, GD you all to hell! Oh how powerful! I felt the exact same thing!

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 4 роки тому

      I was 7 when I saw it at the drive-in with my parents and brothers. I was enthralled. The ending blew my tiny little mind - it was my first experience with a story that deliberately set out to trick me. And for me, the most awful, scary, nightmarish thing about the ending was the droop of those tines on the Statue's crown - they were _melted._ That terrified me in a way I'd never felt before. (I also loved the humor, which was so wicked.)

    • @JimHabash
      @JimHabash 4 роки тому +1

      @@Serai3 wow i hadn't noticed that on the tines! Us maniacs, we blew it up!

    • @davidgreen5099
      @davidgreen5099 4 роки тому +1

      Saw it at the theater, I was 14, it was an impactful film for me.

    • @JoBloOriginals
      @JoBloOriginals  4 роки тому +2

      @@Serai3 Ooof, that gave me an eerie chill haha. The nightmarish rendition of the statue is definitely haunting.

    • @MrJoebrooklyn1969
      @MrJoebrooklyn1969 4 роки тому

      Yes but they really didn't blow it up did they? That's not what The Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes suggests.

  • @DavidGreen_au
    @DavidGreen_au 4 роки тому +265

    I was surprised to discover that Taylor's final lines were considered too profane to allow the film to release "as is", and it was only a personal appeal by Heston to the Censorship Board that allowed it to pass, given the nature of the circumstances, the profanity was justifiable.
    Of course, these days, "God damn you all to hell" wouldn't even raise an eyebrow…

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 4 роки тому +16

      A different time. How amazing that in thirty years, they still hadn't got past the word "damn".

    • @nicolaiitchenko7610
      @nicolaiitchenko7610 4 роки тому +15

      "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" was a long time before 1968

    • @DavidGreen_au
      @DavidGreen_au 4 роки тому +33

      It was not "Damn" that was the issue, it was the full sentence "God damn you all to hell". Profanity has religious aspects, not just swearing.

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 4 роки тому +4

      +Frank Kopke About thirty years, if that's your idea of a long time.

    • @altheagray103
      @altheagray103 4 роки тому +7

      Really? I could understand the word, "Damn" being an issue in '39 (Gone w/the Wind). But in 1968? I'm pleasantly surprised. 😀

  • @johnsmithGMAiL8888
    @johnsmithGMAiL8888 4 роки тому +6

    Excellent. This was comprehensively explained, and wonderfully articulated. May I thank you Sir

  • @BabaBest2000
    @BabaBest2000 3 роки тому +13

    Sometimes, I feel like I'm living on Planet of the Apes.

    • @jacobpeters5458
      @jacobpeters5458 3 роки тому +1

      because of all the hot mute women near you??

  • @ssssSTopmotion
    @ssssSTopmotion 4 роки тому +60

    The ending gives me shivers

    • @ssssSTopmotion
      @ssssSTopmotion 4 роки тому +3

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  • @risinbison1106
    @risinbison1106 4 роки тому +126

    There's so much I love about this movie. One of my favorites is Taylor's inner struggle with humanity and our ability to destroy ourselves. In the beginning he talks about men's evils and asks if we still wage war on our brother. Then near the end where Roddy McDowell reads from ape scripture and Taylor is forced to defend mankind's evil. It is then he finds, and realizes, "his destiny". No ending to any movie I have ever seen left me as speechless as this one....and the wave sound at during the credits, damn.

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 4 роки тому +11

      The lack of soundtrack at the end is one very important component, and makes this one of the best cinema endings ever made. Few directors these days have the balls to just let the audience sit, alone, with the devastation of an ending like THAT. I certainly can't think of one.

    • @GentlemanAmerican
      @GentlemanAmerican 4 роки тому +5

      I was struck by the shifting of Taylor's views toward mankind. In the beginning of the film he is very cynical ("I can't help thinking somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man") to being an apologist for mankind near the end when he told Zaius "He was here before you, and he was better than you are." But at the end he returns to his initial cynicism ("You maniacs. You blew it up.")

    • @GentlemanAmerican
      @GentlemanAmerican 4 роки тому +6

      ​@@Serai3 It is ironic. I love the music in this film, which was used effectively in most dramatic scenes, such as when Taylor was chased and captured. But somehow the subtle sound of ocean waves in the background instead of music works better in the film's finale.

    • @slagit
      @slagit 4 роки тому +7

      Yep the silent ending with just the wave sound was brilliant and even as a kid it just chilled me to a degree! I always like how Heston played this last angry, cynical astronaut it gave some weight and power to the film in my book!

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 4 роки тому +4

      1) I don't think Taylor was completely bitter in the beginning. Remember when he argues with Landon, he says straight out that he doesn't hate his own species, he just hates what we do. He's hopeful at heart. That's what makes the last revelation so devastating to him - that hope he's held since he left that mankind had gotten better along the way.
      2) The whole soundtrack is genius. I got it on CD and used to play it late at night. When you play it on its own, it takes on this insane life of desperation and unformed aggression. Fantastic stuff from a master soundtrack artist.

  • @mattjean2652
    @mattjean2652 5 місяців тому +4

    I still get chills watching the ending. Heston puts his heart and soul into that last chilling scene. Feel it!

  • @wightangel
    @wightangel 4 роки тому +105

    This is the most memorable ending of all time and the image of a broken Statue of Liberty is iconic as they come. Nothing has ever matched the impact that had on its viewers.

    • @speedbird737
      @speedbird737 3 роки тому +4

      The Sixth Sense?

    • @arricammarques1955
      @arricammarques1955 3 роки тому +4

      The Statue of Liberty is buried, partial nuclear destruction?

    • @superchef78
      @superchef78 2 роки тому

      Why is it so iconic and why does it have such an impact?

    • @wightangel
      @wightangel 2 роки тому

      @@superchef78 I saw this at the cinema back in the 70’s and time was different then. We did not even dream of seeing the year 2000, let alone 2022. Nowadays it seems rather tame.

    • @tundecsovak7817
      @tundecsovak7817 Рік тому +1

      Exactly.....I still remember the reaction of the audience in the movie: UTTER SILENCE for long minutes on.....they got the hint....yes, the human race had destroyed themselves. Great ending, which is all the more painful in our days, still very relevant, more relevant than ever.

  • @ssj2matt
    @ssj2matt 4 роки тому +38

    Second twist it's actually Spaceball One

  • @levierickson7321
    @levierickson7321 6 місяців тому +5

    I reenact the final scene and Charlton Heston‘s lines at work, every time something happens that makes it suck for us on the shop floor

    • @TheKevinNewsom
      @TheKevinNewsom 5 місяців тому

      Please put the footage on You Tube.

    • @dgodrummer8110
      @dgodrummer8110 5 днів тому

      it's was the where Michael Scott got his "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO" from seeing Toby back in the Office.

  • @nico03456
    @nico03456 3 роки тому +17

    I saw this when I was eight years old and ask my old man if this could really happen and he said “ damn right it’s on tv, this is your future son.” It traumatized me. I guess that’s why I love post apocalyptic movies.

    • @corrineanders6373
      @corrineanders6373 Рік тому

      I believe that this is going to happen soon, not apes taking over, but man destroying the world

  • @markenriquez1486
    @markenriquez1486 3 роки тому +17

    I can still remember being 5 or 6 years old when this came out and seeing it at the drive-in theater with my family. I also remember the sequels and how they got worse with each subsequent one. There was even a T.V. series later in the 70s and a cartoon series on Saturday morning, when cartoons reigned supreme.

    • @r.s.334
      @r.s.334 Рік тому +1

      And you played POTA in the school yard just like I did lol

    • @stevengrant8668
      @stevengrant8668 6 місяців тому +1

      Didn't get to see it when it first came out. But a few years further along: I read the book, and then saw each movie as it came out on TV., and then the series...Lol: my 8 inch action figure world was built around the world of POTA. I named my characters after the movie, my best friend had the TV series figures, so his characters were built on them. BIG influence on my childhood.

    • @mattjean2652
      @mattjean2652 5 місяців тому

      I loved them all. This was my Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, or Lord of the Rings....I had action figures and t-shirts.

  • @gigigalaxy1395
    @gigigalaxy1395 4 роки тому +216

    Why didn’t Taylor just look up at the night sky, see our moon realize he was on Earth?

    • @8584zender
      @8584zender 4 роки тому +69

      The geography of craters on the moon and the fact that all the constellations wouldn't have changed in a few thousand years would give it away. Him being an astronaut and all.

    • @logandarklighter
      @logandarklighter 4 роки тому +36

      @@8584zender The moon is surprisingly far away. And without a telescope it's difficult to make out the actual iconic details that we THINK we are familiar with. And much of that is only visible during the waxing to full moon. How long did the story take? My sense of it is that it took less time than a month but I could be mistaken (see below). They could've landed as the moon was waning towards the new moon phase - and thus the details aren't visible. And the moon wouldn't have been in a position for Taylor to see it and make out the details with the naked eye for another 3-4 weeks. Also circumstances such as the weather could have hidden the truth. It could have been overcast or cloudy at the times when he could see it. Also - there's a significant period of time when he's kept against his will in a cage indoors. Particularly as he's healing. Who knows exactly how long that was? He could've missed an entire month of viewing in that time.
      As for the stars - you have to travel through space farther than you think for the constellations to significantly change. You could be at Alpha Centauri or Barnard's Star or any star out to about 10-15 light years away and much of the night sky would look very similar. Maybe they weren't expecting the sky to be that different. Or again - perhaps Taylor never had the opportunity to get a good look. How often do you really get a good unobstructed view of the night sky to check the constellations without clouds getting in the way? If they are close to New York, prevailing weather might simply conspire against Taylor ever getting a good view for the same reasons stated above for the moon.
      One last observation - did the apes even have telescopes? I do not recall seeing any. Maybe they hadn't invented them yet?

    • @retroking59
      @retroking59 4 роки тому +103

      It was cloudy

    • @alisterfolson
      @alisterfolson 4 роки тому +25

      retroking59 I like the your short reply better lol

    • @Gamevet
      @Gamevet 4 роки тому +27

      I think that he believed that he was in an alternate universe, where apes evolved and humans didn't. Though the discovery of the human artifacts should have told him it wasn't, he refused to believe what he was seeing. It wasn't until he saw the Statue of Liberty, that his greatest fear was finally realized.

  • @bergydermeister5616
    @bergydermeister5616 3 роки тому +6

    53 years old & we still haven't made it to the moon.

  • @Prairielander
    @Prairielander 4 роки тому +149

    The apes speaking English would make me think it was earth.

    • @jasona9
      @jasona9 4 роки тому +26

      The apes speaking English didn't make me think it was Earth as much as it made me think it was a movie. It's kind of like watching a film like Executive Decision. You have all these middle eastern terrorists, yet ALL of them are speaking English, not Farsi or Arabic.....because it's a movie and American audiences don't like subtitles....LOL

    • @unitedstatesirie7431
      @unitedstatesirie7431 4 роки тому +7

      The broken Statue of Liberty shown in this movie is a filthy Satanic idol gift from the evil French ILLUMINATI.
      "Why do the American people keep defending their betrayers?"
      Many of you purposely allow your elitist public servants to brain damage your children with vaccinations.
      Many of you are so very naive about the evil side of human nature. The HOLY BIBLE warns you, but you choose to be willfully ignorant.
      You pride yourself in your foolish stubbornness.
      UNITED STATES I. R. I. E.
      Investigation Research International Educator
      The real "X-Files"
      US 4252935977
      AGENT Sinne'

    • @Spenced86
      @Spenced86 4 роки тому +6

      @@unitedstatesirie7431 ok

    • @GentlemanAmerican
      @GentlemanAmerican 4 роки тому +10

      I think we all abide by an unwritten rule that most American science fiction films can have alien characters that speak English, even in a galaxy far, far away. We just accept it. 😃

    • @RToni
      @RToni 4 роки тому +1

      @@jasona9 and they don't like even dubbed movies.

  • @leonidas480bc
    @leonidas480bc 3 роки тому +6

    I’ve loved this movie from childhood. Great exposition! Thank you!

  • @karenlbellmont6560
    @karenlbellmont6560 6 місяців тому +3

    Rod Serling is amazing. One of my favorite movies ... ever.

  • @brianlondon5967
    @brianlondon5967 6 місяців тому +4

    This ending elevated a very good movie to a great sci fi classics.
    Arguably the greatest twist ending in movie history.

  • @56postoffice
    @56postoffice Рік тому +21

    I first watched the film with my brother when it came on TV in late 1981. We were absolutely stunned by the ending. Still gives me the chills.

    • @frankl34798
      @frankl34798 10 місяців тому +2

      it's an ending to end all endings, and i challenge anyone to come up with three science fiction movies with better endings than that.
      love and peace to you and all,
      xxxxxxx

    • @kencrowe1965
      @kencrowe1965 Місяць тому

      Wow, think I saw the first one on tv around '73 or '74 😉 Did you ever watch the series that came on tv? It came out originally during the middle 70's as well. It only ran 1 season though...

  • @robertpolanco1973
    @robertpolanco1973 4 роки тому +10

    Personally, I LOVE the original "Planet of the Apes" from 1968 because it presented what science-fiction meant to be. I certainly would help give enormous credit to Pierre Boulle, the author of the novel that inspired the movie, and to the screenwriters, Rod Serling and Michael Wilson, as well. I also think that films like "Planet of the Apes" had made me just another BIG science-fiction fan all along.

  • @DAFTBONCHKOOPA
    @DAFTBONCHKOOPA 4 роки тому +39

    Love this movie. Such a shame that the vhs and dvd cover art ruined the ending for so many years. "Conquest" R-rated version is my favorite of them all.

    • @JoBloOriginals
      @JoBloOriginals  4 роки тому +10

      Yeah that's one of the reasons it becomes a known twist ending for many who haven't even seen it!

    • @bombercountyblues
      @bombercountyblues 4 роки тому +7

      @@JoBloOriginals that and the hundreds of comedy take offs over the years.

    • @robertherrick6703
      @robertherrick6703 4 роки тому +1

      Is that the same as the Un-Rated version?

    • @DAFTBONCHKOOPA
      @DAFTBONCHKOOPA 4 роки тому

      @@robertherrick6703 I think so.

    • @slagit
      @slagit 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah when I saw that in the store I was thinking how stupid of 20th century to run with the cover. What was funny up close I believe there was a figure standing in for Heston and it looked like he had flip flops on. It was like epic failure! Man I could do better work at some of these studios at times! LOL!

  • @TheKevinNewsom
    @TheKevinNewsom 5 місяців тому +3

    The way that scene is shot is pure genius. We see Taylor approach from the "teaser" angle behind Liberty's crown. The shot closes in on his emotional breakdown and then the zoom out at the end...revealing the horrific truth. Combined with the credits and shore noise you mentioned...it's a pure gut-punch ending.

  • @mercari734
    @mercari734 9 місяців тому +1

    Yours is a really good explication of the story and its nuances. Nicely done.

  • @HardRockMaster7577
    @HardRockMaster7577 3 роки тому +5

    POTA is one my most favorite movies, of any genre. I remember when I first saw the trailer for POTA, that I just knew I had to see this movie, and, on opening weekend, I saw it at the Circle Theater in Dallas. I was 12 years old. My parents dropped me and a friend off at the theater that afternoon, and came back to pick us up when the movie was finished.

    • @dgodrummer8110
      @dgodrummer8110 5 днів тому

      The ending that hit me like a ton of bricks. First movie that got me questioning society, human behavior, and belief systems. It started something that has never ended for me.
      I too remember fondly, those days of being dropped for a double feature. early '70's with older siblings, and later with friends. A magical time.
      All the Disney animated movies and then around age ten or eleven, friends and I started seeing more mature adult movies like Capricorn One (my first government conspiracy movie) , or Close Encounters (my first alien movie). I was hooked on the feelings and questions these movies brought up within me.
      I also remember cartoons prior to each movie, JuJuBes that were hard as a rock, and got stuck in my teeth, and Junior Mints, always good. A big buttery popcorn and soda to share with someone.
      Movies were $1.25 in my days, early '70's.
      Parkway Theater in El Cajon, San Diego.
      If I had to be frozen I time, it would be that era for me. Innocent, so curious, and an imagination that ran wild... having a crush on every girl that was a few years older than me, they seemed so mature and like what I thought a woman was. Haha.
      Pushing boundaries, and surviving it all. Starting to realize not every adult has their shit together and the world maybe wasn't only the beautiful, friendly place I thought of it being in my younger days. Trying to hold on to that idea as long as I could, but seeing it gradually slip away. Eye opening time, one that never stopped. But it was the first few years of awareness, when things were exciting and new that felt so free.
      Seriousness and adult onset of fear, only bring upon my spirit a slow death. I find myself attempting to further explore life through the heart, mind and eyes of my youth. Hopefully you too will continue to see with those magical eyes.

  • @travisking9321
    @travisking9321 4 роки тому +5

    What a fantastic retrospective of a true instant classic. I still remember watching this film for the first time on FOX channel 13 in 2000 and I was blown away (excuse the pun) by the twist ending.

  • @theprofessor8598
    @theprofessor8598 4 роки тому +23

    I will never forget seeing this in the movie theater when I was 8 years old. To begin with, the big screen cinematography and eerie background music while marching through the forbidden zone was amazing. Then the strange idea that on this planet apes were the dominant species and humans were far down on the food chain, literally herds of pests that had to be driven away from the crops. Midway through the storyline you realize that the senior apes are hiding something, humans are more than just pests and some apes actually fear humans. Several clues are revealed throughout the movie but when Dr. Zaius admits that he knows that man was here first and warns Tayler that " he may not like what he finds " it gets you thinking. Weather you figured it out or not the final scene on the beach hits you like a sledgehammer. It was 50 years ago but I remember clearly that the theater audience was shocked into silence and as the picture faded the sound of the waves crashing onto the beach were profoundly ominous. Planet of the Apes was the start of my love for science fiction (especially time travel genres) and to this day it is still the best science fiction movie plot I've ever seen.

    • @gusgrizzel8397
      @gusgrizzel8397 2 роки тому

      I think 2001 A Space Odyssey rivals it. Most people do suspect that the big gap between humans and animals was caused by something extraterrestrial.

  • @FCCIV868
    @FCCIV868 6 місяців тому +2

    Thank You for revealing that it was Rod Serling's script.

  • @jtcox1079
    @jtcox1079 3 роки тому

    Great analysis. I enjoyed this and have long loved this film. Cheers!

  • @luisvaldes1568
    @luisvaldes1568 2 роки тому +4

    I will never forget the ending as a little kid watching on tv in mid 70's.

  • @Pascalore
    @Pascalore 2 роки тому +4

    The most important aspect of the ending of this film is that the last repairs on the arm of the statue really, really, really stood the test of time. Nice work guys!!

  • @tundecsovak7817
    @tundecsovak7817 Рік тому

    Very well explained, focusing on the most important things and clarifying the real value of this film-masterpiece!

  • @darrenmcmellon8575
    @darrenmcmellon8575 6 місяців тому +3

    The passage read from the scroll. Never were truer words spoken about man

  • @briansmith2207
    @briansmith2207 6 місяців тому +4

    A true iconic performance by Heston

  • @OneAngryDeacon
    @OneAngryDeacon 4 роки тому +11

    17/10 one of the greatest films ever made is done wonderful service by this excellent and thoughtful video. Thanks for making it and well done

  • @jonkline709
    @jonkline709 6 місяців тому +2

    One of the best endings ever. Made you stop and think

  • @natashacutiepie6074
    @natashacutiepie6074 6 місяців тому +2

    I always thought watching they were on Earth in the future. I didn't know it was suppose to be a twist. I just shrugged at the ending.

    • @quantisedspace7047
      @quantisedspace7047 6 місяців тому

      I shrug along with you. Wasn't aware that it was supposed to be a twist until I read here.

  • @naim7466
    @naim7466 Рік тому +3

    The most memorable iconic twist at the end in film history,when watched for the first time,its a shock.

  • @alfonzo9389
    @alfonzo9389 2 роки тому +7

    I think the whole concept of "wiping ourselves out" had to be even more prevalent back in 1968 when the Vietnam War was at it's peak and was seen as a pointless war

    • @jdenino6022
      @jdenino6022 2 роки тому

      Well…this comment didn’t age well.

  • @neonh161
    @neonh161 6 місяців тому +2

    Planet Of The Apes is one of my favourite movies of all time because of everything you said..

  • @mcwarhol17
    @mcwarhol17 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for this great video...this movie was always one of my favorites but I never could find any literature or articles on its special ending, I obviously understood the ending however I could never find anyone's review of it....please more vids like this :)

  • @111Phoenix777
    @111Phoenix777 2 роки тому +21

    This is one of the greatest movie endings of all time. Even though I know what it is, it's so dramatic and so visually stunning, and unique, you can watch it over and over again, and it's still very powerful.

    • @bubu345
      @bubu345 Рік тому

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  • @nde1083
    @nde1083 4 роки тому +3

    Love these reviews. Wish more would be said about the book in comparison.

  • @KarlN324
    @KarlN324 3 роки тому +4

    I never tire of seeing this film it really is a timeless classic.

  • @CarlEvz13
    @CarlEvz13 4 роки тому +10

    My all time favourite scifi film it blew my mind as a child when I first saw them and still does now just everything about it the whole story its absolutely amazing! And yet so fitting with the way us humans are its almost telling us our destiny that mankind will destroy itself .

  • @patrickbone6171
    @patrickbone6171 4 роки тому +8

    Love this film
    Couldn’t quite get it’s intentional end as a child. Was horrified when it was explained.
    Thanks

  • @gakabler
    @gakabler 4 роки тому +26

    People that watch this movie fail to realize that Taylor and company, once out of the time loop, crash land in a lake which is somewhere in what was New Jersey. This would explain the ending far better as it explains how when Taylor comes to the statue he realizes that he is back in NEW YORK!

    • @nde1083
      @nde1083 4 роки тому +2

      Was that revealed in the book?

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 4 роки тому +1

      +NDE108 No, not at all. The story in the book was not about Americans. The people in it were all French. It was Americanized when the film was made, because of course no story would be interesting unless it involved Americans. ARGH

    • @SteveTheFazeman
      @SteveTheFazeman 4 роки тому +3

      The New Jersey thing or Statue of Liberty doesn't make sense. After all, they landed in high desert country and that environment carried the movie to the end where the beautiful cliffs of the left coast are located.

    • @Serai3
      @Serai3 4 роки тому +8

      +SteveTheFazeman Dude, you're overlooking the fact of worldwide nuclear war. Not only changes the climate, but the landscape as well.

    • @SteveTheFazeman
      @SteveTheFazeman 4 роки тому

      @@Serai3,
      I disagree with your summation. The atom bomb that was tested at Trinity site in New Mexico did nothing to change the topography of that land.

  • @robertrichards8418
    @robertrichards8418 5 місяців тому

    fantastic film just got my background 1/6 for the ending display love to show you all when its put together shame you can't post images on utube xx

  • @tomhahnl1927
    @tomhahnl1927 4 роки тому +33

    What a great movie, loved it and still love it today!

  • @EdwinBetancourtJr
    @EdwinBetancourtJr 4 роки тому +38

    “DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!” That quote would be funny as hell on a tombstone.

    • @UNKLP66
      @UNKLP66 4 роки тому +3

      HAAAAAAAAAAAA

    • @Patrick-hb7bk
      @Patrick-hb7bk 4 роки тому

      Not to the ones that are in hell .

    • @sargondp69
      @sargondp69 4 роки тому +1

      H G Wells

    • @christopherdunn317
      @christopherdunn317 4 роки тому

      @@Patrick-hb7bk THERE IS NO HELL !

    • @Patrick-hb7bk
      @Patrick-hb7bk 4 роки тому +1

      @@christopherdunn317 You keep telling yourself that , you may eventually believe it .

  • @thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051
    @thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051 4 роки тому +29

    The first Planet of The Apes is a bloody terrific film. A great twist ending, and a stellar performance by Charlton Heston.
    I put Beneath The Planet of The Apes in the same category as Exorcist 2 and Beyond The Poseidon Adventure. That category is known as "Pretentious depressing 1970s film sequels that were made by a bunch of corporate suits to take the piss out of New Hollywood and Arthouse filmmakers by making their films as incredibly pretentious and depressing as possible". The reason for Beneath's place in that category is because of it's everyone dies ending.
    Escape From The Planet of The Apes is a lighthearted relief from the dark and heavy introspection of the first 2 films. But towards the end, the film remembers it's supposed to be a depressing 1970s Sci-Fi movie and kills off its 2 leads.
    Conquest of The Planet of The Apes is my favourite of the film series purely because the violence and brutality aren't as overblown as the second film was.
    The less said about Battle For The Planet of The Apes, the better

    • @FrauleinMuller999
      @FrauleinMuller999 4 роки тому +1

      "Pretentious depressing 1970s film sequels that were made by a bunch of corporate suits to take the piss out of New Hollywood and Arthouse filmmakers by making their films as incredibly pretentious and depressing as possible"
      Oh how much I hate those movies.....!

    • @Panzer4F2
      @Panzer4F2 4 роки тому +2

      I enjoyed Beneath The Planet Of The Apes primarily for Maurice Evans' performance, and that smoking hot sauna scene. Glad that the Simpsons have honoured him with a song. The protesting Chimps was a nice touch. Even as a kid, I thought that the Escape movie was more of a tv episode than a motion picture, but Ricardo Montalban added much credibility. Big shout out to original casting though, as all those actors nailed their roles. Especially through all that latex.

    • @thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051
      @thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051 4 роки тому

      @@Panzer4F2 Maurice's performance was a saving grace for that movie, but I feel that the protesting chimps was a bit much

    • @thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051
      @thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051 4 роки тому

      @@FrauleinMuller999 Is that meant to be a criticism or a correction?

    • @FrauleinMuller999
      @FrauleinMuller999 4 роки тому

      @@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051 I'm quoting your comment and adding my opinion (youtube has no reply system like forums have so that is how I had to quote)

  • @vannalock1688
    @vannalock1688 4 роки тому

    Nice explanation , makes me want to re-watch it.

  • @reesaserik3759
    @reesaserik3759 3 роки тому +2

    I was 7 years old when this came out and my family did not go to see it -- going to the movies was too expensive. It was very rare they ever went to the movies. It was released on Television and I think I was between 10 and 12. Not too sure. We were so stoked up, us kids, to be able to finally see it. The night that it aired, a hurricane blew through in our area -- not a bad one; a cat 1. But wouldn't you know it, we lost the TV signal. The station that was airing it, could be tuned in on the radio, and that is what my parents did. We huddled in the kitchen, listening to the movie, trying to imagine what it must have been like. We were so disappointed. A few years later, it aired again and this time we got to actually see it, and it blew our minds. I was fascinated by it. Being a young science fiction fan, the whole concept enthralled me. I found out, as a young adult, that it was based on an actual book. My husband took me to every second-hand book store we could find in a 200 mile radius. Finally I found it, bought it, and read it. The book was amazing in itself. That was about 38 years ago. Still have the book, have a copy of the movie on DVD, of course, as it is one of my most all time favorites. Oh, and I still have the husband!

  • @robynvorsa9283
    @robynvorsa9283 4 роки тому +11

    Planet Of The Apes and Solient Green, tow of Charlton Heston's best movies.

    • @shrek_428
      @shrek_428 4 роки тому +5

      Omega Man was good, too

    • @jerryheck5344
      @jerryheck5344 4 роки тому +3

      He was a excellent actor and starred in some of the MOST remembered movies ever made!!! Ben Hur, The 10 Commandments, Planet of the apes, Solient Green, Omega man!!!! Not including his westerns he made also!!!!

    • @slagit
      @slagit 4 роки тому

      @@shrek_428 Yep he really had a good run of scifi films I grew up with in the late 60s early 70s!

  • @bentramer682
    @bentramer682 3 роки тому +8

    Still one of my favorite movie endings of all time.

  • @davidjarkeld2333
    @davidjarkeld2333 6 місяців тому +1

    Really, just who needed this explained to them!

  • @majikman7355
    @majikman7355 6 місяців тому

    First movie introduced to me by my father. Vivid memory watching it with him. My dad passed away when i was 30. Im now 47 and when i watch this clip it made me think of how i never let him know i remember watching this with him....thanks for the sharing ❤

  • @alisterfolson
    @alisterfolson 4 роки тому +7

    JoBlo leaves the crashing of waves as the outro to the engrossing video:
    *DAMN YOU...ALL TO HELL*

  • @edwardramirez8768
    @edwardramirez8768 3 роки тому +5

    "It's a madhouse"
    " Shut up, you freak"!

  • @Cha-y412
    @Cha-y412 6 місяців тому +2

    Watching this film as a 9 year old was incredibly amazing , I didnt see the Statue of Libery twist coming at all.
    Watching it 50 years later I laughed hysterically at Charlton Heston smoking a cigar in his space craft.

  • @towdjumper5
    @towdjumper5 6 місяців тому

    Great stuff. One of my fav’s.

  • @ThePoorBoy
    @ThePoorBoy 4 роки тому +19

    One of my all-time favorite films. I haven't seen it in years, but seeing the ending again still spooks me out and gives me chills. This vision of humanity's fate still seems uncomfortably possible.

    • @KB-ke3fi
      @KB-ke3fi 6 місяців тому

      especially with the Biden administration.

    • @ThePoorBoy
      @ThePoorBoy 6 місяців тому

      @@KB-ke3fi Yep!

  • @louisbuzzi869
    @louisbuzzi869 3 роки тому +25

    I loved Nova as a kid; now i know part of the reason was she couldn't speak.

  • @Sushi.Elemental
    @Sushi.Elemental 4 роки тому +1

    This video is a glorious testament to high schoolers everywhere. The ability to convey very little information or analysis over a long span of time, I.E. , how I got through highschool.

  • @montinaladine3264
    @montinaladine3264 2 роки тому

    Well done - really good review. I've been put right off these sorts of reviews as so many of them are spoken too fast by hyped up yanks with all the stupid effects and unnecessary music, vocal gymnastics etc. But this was refreshingly good and simple to follow, with good shots from the movie.

  • @tnetroP
    @tnetroP 3 роки тому +9

    I've seen this film and ending many times. But only now have I noticed something else about it. The iconic image of the Statue of Liberty with Charlton Heston collapsed on the beach would have far less impact if it were a different time of day. The setting sun shows the sun has set on the human race. If it had been filmed in brighter sunlight then I think the impact would have been far less.

    • @IronChefBklyn
      @IronChefBklyn 2 роки тому +2

      100% intentional artistically symbollic cinematography.

    • @disallusionment4449
      @disallusionment4449 Рік тому

      It's always in the details, the little things :)

  • @mettlus
    @mettlus 4 роки тому +4

    My favorite movie! Amazing ending and quite eerie

  • @gedofgont1006
    @gedofgont1006 3 роки тому

    Superb commentary on a truly seminal (simian) film!👍

  • @andreasjacovides4800
    @andreasjacovides4800 6 місяців тому

    Many thanks for video

  • @davidcervantes7961
    @davidcervantes7961 4 роки тому +25

    Anyone watch this video after June 2nd, 2020 are starting to realize this is going to be America's future if the Riots don't stop 💀

    • @cynthiaclarke3979
      @cynthiaclarke3979 3 роки тому +2

      Instead of Taylor looking up and seeing "the Statue of Liberty"..could had been worse..looking up at a statue of George Floyd..then letting out his famous last words.."Goddamn you all to Hell"..

    • @davidcervantes7961
      @davidcervantes7961 3 роки тому +1

      @@cynthiaclarke3979 I love it 🤣🤣

    • @cynthiaclarke3979
      @cynthiaclarke3979 3 роки тому

      @@davidcervantes7961 - Why lie..lol..

    • @-Sober-
      @-Sober- 3 роки тому +1

      it sucks people are misinformed by the media about unarmed killings by police and Joe Biden is taking advantage of that to become president :(

    • @cynthiaclarke3979
      @cynthiaclarke3979 3 роки тому +2

      @David Cervantes - A aged statue of George Floyd holding a gun to a pregnant woman's belly..Taylor upon seeing that,I'd said the same thing.

  • @chicagofan76
    @chicagofan76 4 роки тому +5

    I love the entire series from the Original to the newest ones.

  • @dragdragon23
    @dragdragon23 2 роки тому +1

    This movie still has my jaw drop several time each time I watch it to this day, The first time was at the drive in theater as a kid, The remakes arn't even close to this master piece.

  • @leebush4053
    @leebush4053 4 роки тому +2

    Best ever ending to a film. First watched this aged around 7/8 years old. Guessed it was earth and changed my mind. Wonderful film I can watch over and over.

  • @Lestat21500
    @Lestat21500 3 роки тому +26

    I always felt anxiety and sympathy for Taylor after this scene. Mainly in imagining him trying to survive in this new world with barely any supplies, not even shoes. I know we see him a bit in beneath, but his death was frankly cheap and extremely depressing. I'd rather write my own fanfic where he and Nova survive in the desert somehow.

    • @nicholasbartonlaw341
      @nicholasbartonlaw341 Рік тому +3

      Well for a brief time, he likely thought he had all he needed, a horse, a rifle, a girlfriend, and freedom.

    • @aidankerrigan7117
      @aidankerrigan7117 11 місяців тому

      @@nicholasbartonlaw341 Nothing like the barest essentials. As long as they stay away from the woods!

  • @Dogboy73
    @Dogboy73 Рік тому +3

    Imaging watching this in the cinema in 1968!! Would have been crazy. Especially seeing the ending seen for the first time.

  • @cellmate1
    @cellmate1 4 роки тому

    EXCELLENT REVIEW!!!

  • @kevinfestner6126
    @kevinfestner6126 3 роки тому +1

    The Rod Serling archives are at Ithaca College. I was able to thumb through Serling's working and reworking for the ending of the movie. It was fascinating to see how he considered so many endings, then stumbled on this one.